BRIEF HISTORIC

One of the most prosperous Brazilian Capital Cities, organized and with best quality of life, Curitiba was funded on March 29th, 1693.

It appeared with a group of prospectors in the 17th century when the economy was based on extrativism of wood and Paraguay tea.

In the 19th century, the agriculture activity increased with the arrival of German, Italian, Polish and Ucrain imigrants. From whom most people descend from. >>>>

There were also many Austrian, Swiss, Dutch, French and Russian imigrants.Most of the 77 neighborhoods in the city were born from colonies formed by Europeans.

At the beginning of 20th century the oriental imigrants arrived. They were mainly Japonese, Syrian and Libanese.

Our Indians, Portuguese, Spanish, imigrants, former slaves and Brazilians who came from other states turn Curitiba into a big Melting Pot.

Nowadays, Curitiba has approximately 1 million and 600 thousand inhabitants.

Curitiba is the capital city of Paraná State and id located on the first Plateau of Paraná. It is crossed by several Federal Roads such as: BR-116, BR-376/101, BR-277, BR-476 and BR-153.

Its PIB is U$ 12,1 billion / year. The income is approximately U$ 8 thousand / year per capita. The rate of illiteracy is near zero, representing less than 1% of population.

The climate is pluvial moderated-hot. The average temperature in summer is 21ºC, and in winter 13ºC. The average altitude is 908m.